GREAT BARRINGTON, MA – What becomes of the brokenhearted? A lot actually. In her first book, Thrive Anyway: You Can Heal Your Broken Heart; How to Recover from 9 Stages of Grief, Manage Stress Relief, and Create Healthy Relationships, personal coach Julie Bishop explores the difficulties of navigating through the heartache of loss and insecurity after a major break up. Herself a divorced mother of two, Julie has firsthand experience travelling the hard terrain of letting go, losing and re-building almost everything to moving forward for a healthier you and healthier relationships.

“There are a lot of steps, as with any challenge,” Julie says, “But the most important step is recognizing that you are hurting and that you are worth more than that hurt. You just need the tools to get through the grief so it doesn’t rob you of the future you desire and deserve.”

Thrive Anyway provides both personal anecdotes from Julie’s life as well as her practice as a coach. It includes simple, practical steps to working through the many emotional hurdles that come with a broken heart. Chapters on managing stress, shifting disempowering mindsets, setting clear boundaries, identifying a healthy partner and creating freedom, joy and love are balanced with breathing and visualization activities as well as other healing resources.